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Old 09-18-2007, 02:45 PM
ALawPoker ALawPoker is offline
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Default Re: a question about public roads

Zast, you should stop thinking of "capitalism" as some tangible entity. The word is used as a political football, so I can see why it's easy to have misconceptions about what capitalism really refers to. "Capitalism" doesn't mindlessly cut down trees and build movie theaters. People who recognize other people's desire to watch movies and who think they can provide the service effectively build movie theaters.

Why would that ever be bad? Why is giving people want they want bad? Democracy attempts to do the same thing. It just isn't possible for it to distribute the goods as efficiently as a market.

All the stuff you're saying sort of maintains the implication that "you know best" (although you'd reply saying "No, that's not what I mean") and that your subjective insight into what's good holds some sort of universal significance even after others claim a different value.
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